Suicide Prevention Resources

Here are resources relevant to our workshop on stopping fascist recruitment of youth to prevent youth suicide. These resources are primarily from my collaborator Dr. Lance Swenson, with additions that come up in the course of our workshops. This is not an endorsement of any of this content – just sharing links.

 

Suicide prevention

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Suicide prevention interventions and treatments

World Health Organization (2021, June 17). LIVE LIFE: An implementation guide for suicide prevention in countries. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240026629

Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention https://www.mcspnow.com/equity

Boston Liberation Health https://bostonliberationhealth.org/liberation-health-model

 

Ideation-to-action models

Chu, C., Buchman-Schmitt, J. M., Stanley I. H., et al. (2017). The interpersonal theory of suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of a decade of cross-national research. Psychological Bulletin, 143, 1313-1345.  https://doi:10.1037/bul0000123

Douglas, R. D., Alli, J. O., Gaylord-Harden, N., et al. (2024). Examining the integrated model of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide and intersectionality theory among Black male adolescents. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1-17. https://doi:10.1111/stlb.13066

Hooley, J. M., & Franklin, J. C., (2018) Why do people hurt themselves? A new conceptual model of nonsuicidal self-injury. Clinical Psychological Science, 6, 428-451. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702617745641

Joiner, T. E., Jr., Van Orden, K. A., Witte, T. K., & Rudd, M. D. (2009). The interpersonal theory of suicide: Guidance for working with suicidal clients. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/11869-000

Kelly, L. M., Swenson, L. P., & Wolff, J. C. (2023). Application of the three-step ideation-to-action theory to passive and active suicidal ideation in college students. Minerva Psychiatry, 64, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.23736/s2724-6612.2102263-6

Klonsky, E. D., & May, A. M. (2015). The three-step theory (3ST): A new theory of suicide rooted in the “ideation-to-action” framework. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 8, 114-129. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2015.8.2.114

Klonsky, E. D., Pachkowski, M. C., Shahnaz, A., & May, A. M. (2021). The three-step theory of suicide: Description, evidence, and some useful points of clarification. Preventive Medicine, 152, 106549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106549